Pulmonary Fibrosis in Spanish

What it means

Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition in which the tissue deep in your lungs becomes scarred over time. MedlinePlus explains that this tissue gets thick and stiff, which makes it hard to catch your breath, and that the blood may not get enough oxygen. Causes include environmental pollutants, some medicines, some connective tissue diseases, and interstitial lung disease, the name for a large group of diseases that inflame or scar the lungs. In most cases the cause cannot be found; this is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Symptoms include shortness of breath, a dry, hacking cough that doesn't get better, fatigue, and weight loss for no known reason. For IPF, the MedlinePlus encyclopedia says to contact your provider right away for signs such as breathing that is harder, faster, or shallower.

Spanish term: Fibrosis pulmonar
Gender and article: feminine: la fibrosis pulmonar
Pronunciation: fee-BROH-sees pool-moh-NAHR

Fibrosis pulmonar is the term MedlinePlus en español uses, as a feminine noun: La fibrosis pulmonar es una afección en donde el tejido profundo de sus pulmones se va cicatrizando. The Real Academia Española dictionary enters fibrosis as a feminine medical word, formación patológica de tejido fibroso. When no cause is found, MedlinePlus en español calls the condition fibrosis pulmonar idiopática; its encyclopedia abbreviates that name as FPI and explains that idiopática significa que la causa se desconoce.

Vocabulary on the same pages: cicatrización (scarring), dificultad para respirar (shortness of breath), una tos entrecortada y seca (a dry, hacking cough), terapia con oxígeno (oxygen therapy), rehabilitación pulmonar (pulmonary rehabilitation) and trasplante de pulmón (lung transplant). For clubbing of the fingers, MedlinePlus en español writes acropaquia o dedos en palillo de tambor. For the urgent signs of IPF, the Spanish encyclopedia's wording is Comuníquese con su proveedor de inmediato.

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Patient	I have had a dry cough for months, and it doesn't get better.	Tengo una tos seca desde hace meses, y no mejora.
Clinician	Do you get short of breath when you walk or climb stairs?	¿Le falta el aire cuando camina o sube escaleras?
Patient	Yes, and I have also lost weight without knowing why.	Sí, y también he bajado de peso sin saber por qué.
Clinician	Have you ever smoked, or been exposed to asbestos or other toxins?	¿Ha fumado alguna vez, o ha estado en contacto con asbesto u otras toxinas?
Clinician	I am going to order imaging tests and lung function tests.	Voy a pedirle pruebas por imágenes y pruebas de la función pulmonar.
Patient	What does pulmonary fibrosis mean?	¿Qué significa fibrosis pulmonar?
Clinician	It means that the tissue deep in your lungs is becoming scarred.	Significa que el tejido profundo de sus pulmones se va cicatrizando.
Patient	What does "idiopathic" mean on my report?	¿Qué quiere decir "idiopática" en mi informe?

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Pulmonary Fibrosis
Spanish (Español)	Fibrosis pulmonar
Chinese (中文)	肺纖維化
Korean (한국어)	폐섬유증
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Xơ phổi
Filipino (Tagalog)	Pulmonary Fibrosis
Portuguese (Português)	Fibrose pulmonar
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	ปอดพังผืด
Japanese (日本語)	肺線維症

Where you'll see it

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Related ICD-10-CM category

ICD-10-CM code: J84 → Other interstitial pulmonary diseases

Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

More terms: Lungs and breathing

All terms in this area: Lungs and breathing — Pulmones y respiración

Sources

This page is a language reference. It is not medical advice.